Reverse structures in accommodation zone and early compartmentalization of extensional system, Laminaria High (NW shelf, Australia)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 791-803

  Langhi, Laurent ^a,b   Borel, Gilles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accommodation zone; Australia; Flower structure; Seismic attributes

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; ACCOMMODATION ZONE; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEX SERIES; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS; EARLY DEVELOPMENT; FAULT PLANES; FAULT SYSTEMS; FLOWER STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON TRAPS; JURASSIC; KEY FACTORS; MIGRATION BARRIERS; PROPAGATION PROCESS; RELAY RAMPS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; SEISMIC DATA; STRESS FIELDS; STRIKE-SLIP MOVEMENTS; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS; STRUCTURAL TRAPS; STRUCTURE-SENSITIVE; SYN-RIFT; TIMOR SEA;

ACCIDENTS; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ISOPACH MAP; KIMMERIDGIAN; OXFORDIAN; REVERSE FAULT; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE); UPLIFT;

BONAPARTE BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

LAMINARIA;

EID: 52149123504     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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